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What if you could 3D print your own home in a matter of hours?

Creative Work • 19 Mar 18

The ICON project’s Vulcan printer creates concrete homes in record time. >
Nüshu is an ancient secret language developed by women

Creative Work • 16 Mar 18

These women would embroid their Nüshu scripts on fabrics such as quilts, aprons, and handkerchiefs. >
Young scientist develops possible solution for shack fires

Creative Work • 16 Mar 18

Gabriella Mogale’s innovation won gold at the 2017 Eskom Expo for Young Scientists. >
Meet the future of South African fashion

Creative Work • 16 Mar 18

These are the young creatives in the fashion industry who formed part of our Emerging Creatives programme for 2018. >
Dina Amin on stop animation, upcycling in Cairo and her inspiration

Creative Work • 16 Mar 18

“I kept thinking, questioning whether we actually need all the things that we produce..." >
Experimental food design studio introduces 3D-printed sushi

Creative Work • 16 Mar 18

Open Meals imagines a future of generating, combining and printing food from anywhere in the world. >
IBUKU is pioneering the use of bamboo as a sustainable building material

Creative Work • 16 Mar 18

“Bamboo buildings are like a living organism, every bamboo pole represents the ‘DNA’ of the building." >
Graduates in Chile transform abandoned urban lots into community spaces

Creative Work • 15 Mar 18

Sitio Eriazo, a collective of theatre, architecture and art graduates are on a mission to restore beauty to these spaces. >
Photographer Benjamin Von Wong sheds light on E-waste in latest collection

Creative Work • 15 Mar 18

What happens to all our electronics after we’re done with them? >
The Desert Twins create water out of dry air

Creative Work • 15 Mar 18

“The first three days of testing were frustrating; our own sweat was the only liquid produced.” >
Memphis Meats is at the forefront of kill-free meat

Creative Work • 14 Mar 18

As far as innovation in the agriculture sector goes, the future of food is equal parts bizarre and exciting. >
Top 10 Creative Crowdfunding Projects | March 2018

RoundUp • 14 Mar 18

Find out why this design made the cut in this month's crowdfunding round-up. >
Here's what makes this small Iranian town one of the world's most walkable

Creative Work • 14 Mar 18

Due to the unusual layout, no motor vehicles are permitted to enter Masuleh. >
David Adjaye designs Ghana’s new National Cathedral

Creative Work • 14 Mar 18

To be built in the city of Accra, the project marks Adjaye Associates’ first major project in the capital. >
The Paper Water Bottle sits at the intersection of branding and sustainable design

Creative Work • 13 Mar 18

Another product you could be using instead of plastic. Check out The Paper Water Bottle. >
Illume photographers take you on an aerial tour of Rwanda

Creative Work • 13 Mar 18

"There is beautiful nature in Rwanda, but it's very important to know and see the rest." >
How can architecture aid those who experience exclusion?

Creative Work • 13 Mar 18

This new initiative seeks to explore urban environments from the perspective of a teenage girl. >
Tatsuya Honda's hairpin enables you to feel sounds

Creative Work • 13 Mar 18

This graduate of the Future University Hakode has designed a more intuitive aid for hearing impaired users that translates sound to vibration. >
Photographer Victoria Krundysheva breaks down social media culture in latest collection

Creative Work • 13 Mar 18

In the age of publishing retouched moments of life online and curating our appearances, how connected to each other are we really? >
27 young South African creatives to watch

Creative Work • 12 Mar 18

Part of our Emerging Creatives 2018, these are just some of the young designers you should have on your radar for South African talent. >
Food designer Chloé Rutzerveld turns waste into healthy treats

Creative Work • 12 Mar 18

This edible innovation addresses wastage in the food industry – with delicious results. >
Oxygene is the plant-based green tyre of the future

Creative Work • 12 Mar 18

Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, this innovation could become the norm for automobile design in years to come. >
Code artist Zach Lieberman launches Weird Type in collaboration with Design Indaba

Creative Work • 12 Mar 18

“How does typography change when it is spatial, when we can move around it and it exists in 3D space?” >
An industrial design graduate has created an Emotional First Aid Kit

Creative Work • 12 Mar 18

Rui Sun tackles the question, “Why do so many products ease physical pain and so few treat emotional stress?” >

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